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THANKSGIVING!

2004-11-24T13:55:29Z

so i made it through the past week, which is amazing. unfortunately this semester isn't the best for grades, i know i can do better, but with 5 classes and captainship and walking the dog and volunteering at the mfa i'm doing alright.

this weekend involved three important rivalries.
3. Harvard Yale: i went, i saw, we conquered. it was a good game, wait, who am i kidding, it was an atrocity. we won 35-3. and in so winning clinched the ivy league title. best play of the game was a harvard interception on our own 3 yard line which was ran back for a touchdown.
2. Michigan Ohio State: so michigan screwed up and lost, unsurprisingly. the important part is that so did wisconsin, leaving michigan as the big ten's number one bowl contender. that's right, rose bowl glory, let's just hope they play better there.
1. Harvard Colmbia: first meet of the fencing season and without doubt the most important. i've never seen the team have so much spirit. we were cheering and huddling a half an hour before columbia was even there! i fenced solidly, something i haven't been able to say about my competition fencing in awhile. better yet, everyone did, the women won 19-8, and we had more spirit than columbia the entire time. every time a fencer finished a bout, they were swarmed by 4 or 5 other people to congratulate them and help the next person get ready. way to go team.

the only time i saw columbia actually get into the meet was at the end of the men's competition. it was tied, 13-13, with one bout remaining. the score eventually got to 4-4.

and then they won 5-4. it was depressing, but the fact that they only won by 1 point of a total of 135 proves that the columbia men's team is not any better than harvard's.

moving on, i am now getting ready for thanksgiving and i can't wait to be home, with my kitty and my family and our crazy new car with heated seats, dvd player, gps, blah blah blah.
and of course my lovely lovely dearborn friends who apparently believe i dated a chicken and love msu and other very odd things. oh i know about your mischief alright.

be home soon, see you all then!

annea1 @ 2004-09-03T01:00:00

2004-09-03T05:09:32Z

while children sleep in such cozy beds,
parents weep over parents dead.

the children grow, as do we all,
and learn to see their parent's fall,

and winter comes, and children create,
and parents begin to evaporate

but before spring rears its ugly head,
children weap over parents, dead.

-do not let go, do not look away, for in a moment of thoughtless stray, these parents do become our soil, and leave with us their slaven toil. this i warn, and now you know, prize your parents BEFORE they go.

on my way home

2004-04-04T13:13:40Z

well, in an attempt to waste money and pounds, i;m using the internet in london at heathrow airport. i dont have enough time to do a full udate, but i just want to say that my trip was great, but i can;t wait to be back in boston.

too much needs to get done in the states to be wasting my time here. especially sincei;m just sitting in front of a phone/internet terminal at the airport.

too bad i cant im.
ttyl

anne

whatever? whoever? whenever?

2003-07-03T04:40:20Z

annea1
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annea1 @ 2003-02-09T14:27:00

2003-02-09T19:27:55Z

i've been much too lazy to update recently. sorry about that. well things have gotten a lot better since i last updated. going over my list of hates, i'm still sick with all of the respective symptoms mentioned. i went to health services and talked to my doctor, because i've been sick for awhile. i had a competiton yesterday and the only national one i'm going to this year next weekend, so i really need to get better. they were totally useless though. she told me to take sudafed. so i have been, and i'm still getting the fevers, and my head is still congested, perhaps more than ever, and i think i'm getting an ear infection. harvard doctors are useless. anyways, i plan on contacting her again tomorrow if my situation doesn't improve at all and hopefully then she'll give me some antibiotics. my fencing thing yesterday went alright. i luckily fenced well enough, even though apparently i looked like "the walking dead" according to rebecca lol. it was hella long though. ok, enough about how much i hate being sick...

in other news i have a laptop! now you may think this is excessive, understandably so, but i got it on ebay (okay, you may think that's sketchy, but i'll get to that in a second). so my computer is in the common room, which i love, but if other people are playing music on the stereo or watching the tv it'll be difficult for me to study. this isn't a problem too often because i'm usually the one distracting everyone, but it's nice to be able to take a laptop to the library or to my room and study without distraction. also, all of my readings for my seminar class this semester are on CD, and i'm terribly bad at keeping attention when i'm reading. so that would be especially hard to accomplish without a laptop. then there's travelling for fencing events, and hopefully to greece this summer, etc. point is, a laptop would be quite handy. so i went shopping about ebay, and i found this compaq laptop i liked and so i bid on it and won it for a little over a $100. it really wasn't that sketchy a process. i got it from a company and there's a warranty etc, so it should work out well. anyways, that's my most exciting news of recent times.

i still don't have a free weekend till april, but they'll be a lot of fun till then anyways.
my proctor is as incompetent as ever, but i don't really need his help.
my body is as incooperative as ever, i gotta work on that.
my family and i are on good terms.
talk of the space shuttle is FINALLY not the front page head titles in all of the newspapers.
i'm dealing with the idea that harvard wants to screw me over, it's their job.

HOME!

2002-12-19T06:00:07Z

i am home

Friends Only

2002-12-17T08:11:57Z

So CJ and i were talking about it, and i really don't want the whole world seeing my livejournal, it justs limits what i say and leads to misconceptions etc etc. so from now on, it's all friends only. if you would like to be on my friends list, send me an im/email/post on this entry. otherwise, this journal is dead to you.

christmas time is on its way...

2002-12-15T20:42:25Z

and shopping has been exhausting. i'm not buying gifts for too many people, mostly family, but still, it's been so tiring! yesterday the weather involved a lot of rain and darkness, so i guess i got pretty tired out after that. today i'm touring around boston a little more, i think on my own, to see what i can find. it's kinda sad going on my own, but shopping on a mission is difficult enough to do alone, adding people to that will just be complicated. i cant believe it's nearly four already! i guess i better get going before things close. everything closes way too early on sundays! grrr... well, i'll be in dearborn come wednesday night, so if anyone wants to chill give me a call/im/email! ttyl

ps- at lunch today we tie dyed shirts! yay! amy and i are matching! i really love little things like that.

by request i'm putting this in

2002-12-06T15:42:51Z

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/auction.html

c-raziness

2002-12-06T04:33:58Z

well, tihnking about the next two weeks... they're gonna fly by! so here's my schedule, this weekend, fencing thing maaaybe(?), then mfa trip(s) for class, then shopping with miiiraaaanda, then NEW YORK with pennypackers and a special appearance by craig! yaaaay! i love this east coast thing.

then next week, which consists of a (yes that implies 1!) problem set due! the week will be about two days long or so, well at least feel that way.. i hope, and theeen weekend number two! including one awesome hanging out night with julia and other tuftites, and another awesome hanging out night with my roommates! yaay! it'll be like a good ol' fashioned sleepover. oh! and i almost forgot! mikado too! ooh, what fun!

and then three more days of school , and then i'm home for christmas break! yaaay!

new pic

2002-12-05T02:33:56Z

check out my new pic!

Finally, an UPDATE!

2002-12-04T01:18:13Z

thanksgiving went quite well. i ate sooo many good meals, here's a list, in order of appearance: la pita, mom's choc chip pancakes, thanksgiving dinner, leftovers, pizzapapalis, new peking... and i'm back in boston.

i got to see many of my friends which was fantabulouso. i walked in to little cafe right after getting back from my flight, and there was alison, laura, jamie, and jenni. there was running and hugging and screaming and staring. it was GREAT! and then after dinner, i met up with them at laura's and we talked. also GREAT! then friday we went shopping (marshall field dresses...good deal) and then to pizzapapalis and finally the zoo!!! where we all put our hands on an ice cold wall for as long as possible..... no no, college doesn't make you any dumber, i swear....

family time was plentiful too! i caught up on tons of TV with my sister, helped (well TRIED to help more so) with thanksgiving dinner with my mom, and then there was a lot of various eating with various family and pseudo-family members. all in all the break was a nice one, though much too short.

Now, i'm back in cambridge and it's soooo coold here! today the low was 12, but the wind was wicked fierce making it a lot worse. the wind in cambridge is surpisingly potent. it is most certainly not my friend. my coat and scarf and gloves work well though, so there's the good news on the weather front.

On an entirely different issue, here's my vent for the day. i mean, ok, i have an ego of my own, i'll admit it... but some people are sooo full of themselves and completely oblivious to it. i don't mean in a "i'm so perfect look at me" sort of way, but more subtle. in a, "i don't like someone you're hanging out with so i'm consequently not going to hang out with you either" sort of way, or a "i don't want to go so no one else does either" sort of way. a certain type of passive agressiveness that never gets anyone anywhere, and only leads to vexation and frustration. siiigh, and some people NEVER grow out of it.

in other news, i really enjoy my roommates! we just had a deep philosophical discussion, ok not really.. but jeong makes great "s'mores"!

It's been awhile

2002-11-22T04:14:44Z

boy am i hungry right now, and there's noooo food in the room :( foooood!

school is excellent, well not really, i'm struggling in my science core class. it's a core class, so i figured it'd be decently easy, at least understandable... noooot really. it's all about doing quantum mechanics and special and general relativities. waaaaay crazy hard. oh well, like i've told myself and will keep telling myself, it's only a core.

other classes are going fairly well, though As are really hard to get here. i didn't really expect too many As anyways though.

we had our first fencing trip last weekend! the bus ride was 12 hours the way there, and 9 the way back. 21 hours in a bus was fairly bearable actually, but a total waste of time. amy and i got to eat at baby's!!! being at penn state brought back so many memories!!! it was great, just thinking about memories and seeing people, there were sooo many people there to see! even michigan people!!! that was definitely a surprise. and the hotel was really nice, so yes, the first fencing weekend went well.

in other news, thanksgiving is in a week and i couldn't be more excited! it's gonna be so fantastic to be home again, and see my family and my friends and my kitty, and to go out to eat at my favorite restautants, and to take a real shower, and to have a good thanksgiving meal with all of my favorite foods, and to go shopping with my friends, and to sleep in my own bed in my own room, and to just be in dearborn again. 2 and a half months is a long time to live on another side of the country...

7 DAYS GUYS!

a little post for little people

2002-11-08T16:07:31Z

so y'all know my whole thing with digigng in dirt and how cool it sounds and that indiana jones bit being my ideal job. and now, thinkin' about it, i could really do it, starting this summer. my greek vases prof told us that there's a program in greece where you can work on a dig, and a girl in our class was telling us about it since she went last summer. they stayed in apartments, sharing it with three or so other people. and you are living in GREECE!?! how crazy is that?! now i'd have to talk to her about it costwise, and see how expensive the whole extravaganza is. it was implied your lodgings are taken care of, so i would just have to pay for my flight and food and such. the cool thing is if i do go, i can apply for a scholarship from the michigan club for my university, and potentially get the equivalent of a summer's earnings from them. so then the costs would be taken care of and i'd have spending cash! i shouldn't get my hopes up too much though, it's just so hard to tell how it's gonna all fall out.

it's still a difficult decision to make, i mean that does mean i'm not gonna be home this summer depending on how long the program is, but if i DO go now, and find out i really love it , i'll finally feel comfortable majoring in it, and if i don't see myself digging in dirt for the rest of my life, i can pursue other interests.

ok, i'm sure you probably don't really care about such things, but i do need to post about something!

Two Different Worlds

2002-11-04T04:10:50Z

We played Quiddler last night, and it reminded me of all that I miss. I ate chicken and stuffing the other day, and it reminded me of all that I miss. I was getting on the strip at fencing Tuesday, and it reminded me of all that I miss. I saw David Macullough give a speech last week, and it reminded me of all that I miss. I listened to the U of M/MSU football game with my parents on the phone, and it reminded me of all that I miss.

But now I go to work, walk to class, hang out with my roommates, eat dinner with the fencing team, study for midterms, clean my room, do my laundry, entertain guests, ride the T, smuggle food from Annenburg? and so rarely of those moments am I reminded of all that I miss.

Purple Haze...

2002-10-28T15:46:58Z

Hey all!!!! One final down, two to go! woo! One of which is in a couple hours. Oh man, so parent's weekend went well, i got lots of real food and a halloween costume! it's soooo fantastic! it's for like 10 year old boys (i'm serious), and it's teenage mutant ninja turtles shell and sash etc. It'll be awesome for study break tuesday when we all have to dress up.

I'm really worrying about freshman fifteen, cause it's sooo easy to overeat, even with fencing every day. fencing is rockin"! our first meet is in a few weeks (i'm really nervous for that), but right now practice is really laid back by comparison. i can't wait to come home and see everyone! i really miss people, and i never get to talk to anyone from home! oh! for fencing, i have to have an embarrassing story, so if any of you can think of one or can make something up that sounds really funny, im it to me at anniebananniea1 or annasaur roar. well it's laundry time, so i'll tty'all later

I do exist

2002-10-22T01:01:52Z

yes... i haven't updated in forever...yes... i'm sorry.... no, this doesn't mean i'm going to update more often. sorry all, i work so much better over IM, so im me if you wanna talk and i MIGHT be at my computer. the next couple of weeks will be quite a bit hectic. i've got a midterm this week, next week, the following week (and a 10 page paper then too), so i'll be studying/reading more than usual. fencing is rockin'! i really like the team, everyone is friendly and cool, and i'm fencing really well... i think. we get our harvard athletic apparel in two weeks, which will be awesome cause i'll finally have warm ups (it;s sooooo cold in boston right now, it's nuts!). i'm working now too! dorm crew, dry work in leverett, an upperclassmen house. dry work is pretty simple stuff, basically sweeping, vacuuming, washing windows, mopping, taking out the trash. We don't do the actual rooms, just the hallways, lobbies, and basement. It's from 8-10 am every morning (yes, that is suicidal) but luckily afterwards i get to go to leverett dining for breakfast. mmmmmm. so good.

i'd have to say my biggest piece of advice for y'all is to buy a turtles tshirt. people go out of their way to get to know someone with a turtles shirt. crazy college kids.

oh and also, whatever you do, don't go to play.yahoo.com and click on texttwist... miranda and i are addicted, it's sad.

time for that work thing i spoke of, hope everyone else is having a great time at school!

Sunday Morning News

2002-10-06T15:12:50Z

i don't do the whole updating thing well as you'll see if you try reading this....

well it's sunday morning, homework day without a doubt, and i'm def seeing how busy i will be finding myself in the near future. with fencing, classes, problem sets, readings, and work every morning except thursday, i'll def not have those lay back and watch tv type of moments (not like i could anyways, did you know we can't get cable here?). good news is when i do get the chance i can go next door to matt and darren's to play dance dance revolution! matt's parents just sent him a hard pad.

last night was really cool, i just walked around with my roommates a lot. we were gonna see a play but unfortunately couldn't, so instead we went to get some coffeeish drinks at pete's (i think the founder of starbucks used to work there?) and then stopped off at urban outfitters where i picked up some mad cool glasses for 99 cents. after that there was a bday party with cookies and milk and sparkling cider (twice, proctors came in to bust it and to their dismay there wasn't an ounce of alcohol in the room, that kinda cracked me up) and then finally we ended up at hong kong for some quality fried bananas and ginger scallion noodles. it was cool to have a fun lowkey night hanging out with my roommates and enjoying the many facets of harvard square.

well i'm gonna go get ready now, we're having brunch at quincy house today (which means fresh malted waffles and other brunchy foods) so i'll hopefully talk to everyone soon. i just wanted to update so y'all remembered i'm here.

catch of the day

2002-10-06T07:06:22Z

rad sunglasses in urban outfitters for 99 cents.

annea1 @ 2002-09-30T00:11:00

2002-09-30T04:11:14Z

wow! it's been quite a while since i made a real post. well college life is exctiing! i really like it here, and a lot of my reservations about the whole college things have been successfully quelled. i was worried about making friends and homesickness and classes and roommates and just everything like that in general, but it's all running soooo smoothly!

everyone is falling out of the journal thing, which is totally understandable. as i said i've gotten quite lazy about it, and now that i finally am posting i don't know quite what to put. so i think the best solution to all of this is to just im with people or you can giev me a call. y'all know how to keep in touch with me, and if you don't you can email me at aeaustin@fas.harvard.edu and i'll send you my number and stuff. it's 12 now and i still wanna do some readings for Time, sooo i'll hopefullt talk to you soon! miss y'all! yes... y'all.... my roommate is from georgia.

A post for the world!

2002-09-20T04:07:59Z

scary. stalker pounding on the door... ee i ee i oooh!

Revered Pumpkin

2002-09-17T23:40:17Z

oh pumpkin, so orange sitting by the sea,
reflecting in the blue slinks of each dissappearing wave,
rippling through time, science A 39,
too bad october is so far away.

Faded, brown, mushy....

Lonely.

harvard extraordinaire!

2002-09-09T17:08:15Z

first post here! i don't have much time, i have a placement test in 20 min, but i just wanted to say hi to everyone, miss you guys. i'm liking college though, it's been a lot of fun and pennypacker 23 is looking sweet! we have to get a futon still, and maybe some illegal devices, but after that it'll be rocking. things have been really busy and i haven't been online much since my ethernet for some reason isn't working. someone's coming in tonight to give it a look see. i had my 18th birthday friday! i had to work a full day dorm crew unfortunately, but i still had a great birthday. my family took me out and about, and i got a lot of dorm shopping done with. today we registered, i got my official picture taken (it's alright) and i also got to look around the activity fair. the one bad thing about fencing here is it's soooo time consuming. i signed up for dozens of things today, including the ever popular rugby, singing something or other, community service jobby do, ultimate frisbee, martial arts, satirical writing, boxing, etc. sooo yeah, it's not like i'll do it all, but at least now they've got my email. anyways, i really gotta find my way around campus now and take that test, so i hope to talk to you all soon! cross your fingers for me!

GOODBYE?????

2002-09-01T05:18:58Z

ugh so i leave tomorrow morning for dorm crew and then freshman orientation and then my life and i'm not ready!!!! i mean i am packed, thanks to my family, and i did get to see everyone this summer (i think?), but still, i'm very much not accepting that i won't get to hang out with all of you michiganians for months. MONTHS! very strange. so yes, i am still excited and all but a little nauseated too, especially at the thought of the applications i have to fill out for freshman seminars and that stupid little book i have to read for required reading and all of the people i'll have to meet and smile for even if i don't feel like it. if i wanted to i could go on for pages about all that i'll miss in michigan, but no one wants to read that and i'm being quite hypocritical right now anyways. i guess everyone has to go through this phase at least a little bit.

just to update quickly, in other news, i have bangs....? they look cute right now... we'll see when my hair frizzes. it was kind of one of those "hey you don't have any bangs, snip snip". ah well nothing to worry about. i really need to get to bed now though, still so much to do and say goodbye to. my cat! ahh! i won't see my cat for forever! :( i love my kitty.

All my bags are packed i'm ready to go...

sunday?!

2002-08-31T03:47:09Z

i leave sunday morningish, sunday?!?! eegats..... it's friday night now, so that leaves me tomorrow. such an action packed day that'll be. see you all tomorrow, and to those of you i won't see, oooh yoooou ::shakes fist::